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RSU Gives Names To Campus Streets

Rogers State University has selected
names for four streets on its Claremore campus, reflecting the institution's
history, past leadership and current status as a four-year regional university.

The University of Oklahoma Board of
Regents, the governing board for RSU, approved the street names at its meeting
on Tuesday in Norman.

The names of the four streets will be
University Drive, Colonel Horne Drive, Mosier Lane and Soldier Field Road. Signs
designating the new names will be posted on campus this spring.

"The new street names will help us
remember the university's rich history and the legacy of its past leadership,"
said RSU President Dr. Joe Wiley. "The signs will help students and visitors
locate facilities on the campus and enhance the image of the campus."

The signs also will aid emergency
responders in locating streets and buildings, he added.

University Drive will be the name of
the main road through campus, reflecting the present four-year regional status
of the university. University Drive intersects with Will Rogers Boulevard and
Camden Road, providing the two main entrances to the campus.

Colonel Horne Drive will link
University Drive to Blue Starr Drive on the northwest part of the campus. This
street is named for Col. John E. Horne, the only alumnus of the Oklahoma
Military Academy (OMA) to be named president of the institution and its last
president. He graduated from OMA in 1939 and became president in 1968.

Mosier Lane, which will link University
Drive with Herrington Hall, is named for Richard Mosier, who was president of
Rogers State College from 1972 to 1995. During his tenure as president, Mosier
oversaw the transition from the Oklahoma Military Academy to Claremore Junior
College, a two-year institution. He also presided over a major expansion of
enrollment and academic facilities on the school's three campuses in Claremore,
Bartlesville and Pryor.

Soldier Field Road is next to the
athletic field and links University Drive with Blue Starr Drive on the north
side of the Claremore campus.